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Free payroll software, built for India

The Payroll Agent runs the month for you — start to one-tap approval in minutes.

Compute salaries, sync attendance & leave, and auto-handle PF, ESI, PT & TDS across every state. Payslips ready each cycle, bank payouts from ₹1,249/month. Free for unlimited employees — no card, no per-seat minimum.

PF · ESI · PT · TDS auto-computed Bank file & payslips each cycle Unlimited employees, free
Run Payroll · Feb 2026
Kredily payroll run with compliance health and statutory deadlines Kredily payroll run with compliance health and statutory deadlines Kredily payroll run with compliance health and statutory deadlines Kredily payroll run with compliance health and statutory deadlines
AI runs it with you

Three AIs on your payroll team

Automation with guardrails: every irreversible step still pauses for a human approval.

Payroll Agent

Auto-runs the month end to end — checks input readiness, surfaces blockers, computes, and queues the run for your one-tap approval.

AI Copilot

"What's my PF liability this month?" "Why did Rahul's net pay change?" — plain-English answers grounded in your real payroll data, role-gated.

Compliance Cop

Audits PF, ESI, PT and TDS and flags violations with the affected employees and fixes — advisory, before the deadline, not after the penalty.

Everything payroll, automated

From attendance to bank file — without the spreadsheet

One connected payroll that computes, checks compliance and pays out, every cycle.

Payroll Agent

Auto-runs the month — salaries, LOP, arrears and reimbursements — ready for one-tap approval in minutes.

Statutory, built-in

PF, ESI, PT (state-wise) and TDS computed every cycle, with ECR, challans, Form 16 & 24Q generated for you.

Pays out, in-product

Disburse salaries directly via the ICICI integration — or download bank advice files for any bank. Failed transfers retry in a click.

Attendance & leave synced

KredEYE attendance and leave feed payroll directly, so LOP and overtime are always accurate.

Revisions & arrears

Back-date a salary revision and arrears compute themselves — mid-month joiners and exits prorate automatically.

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Loans & advances

A full loan module with its own dashboard — sanction, track EMIs, and recover from salary automatically each cycle.

The payroll run

Six checkpoints from inputs to money in accounts

Every stage is explicit, reviewable and reversible — until you press disburse.

1

Inputs verified

Attendance, leave, revisions and new joiners are checked before anything computes. Blockers are surfaced, not buried.

2

Calculate

Earnings, deductions and statutory heads compute for everyone; if something changes, only affected employees recalculate.

3

Review the register

Line-by-line pay register — gross, deductions, net for every employee — exportable for a second pair of eyes.

4

Approve & lock

Formal sign-off locks the run. Every irreversible step needs an explicit human approval.

5

Payslips generated

PDF payslips from a 13-template gallery, emailed and delivered to the employee app automatically.

6

Disburse

Pay directly through ICICI or download your bank's advice file. Track every transfer to paid, retry any failure.

How it works

Live in minutes, not months

1

Import your team

Magic Upload reads a spreadsheet and auto-maps every employee, salary structure and statutory head for India.

2

Let the agent run

The Payroll Agent computes pay, checks PF/ESI/PT/TDS against your states, and flags nothing because it's already correct.

3

Approve & pay

Review the summary, tap approve, and download the bank file — payslips go out to the employee app automatically.

Salary architecture

Structures that survive the real world

Mid-month joiners, revisions, transfers, variable pay — the engine prorates and recomputes per segment.

Components & formulas

  • Five component types: base, recurring, variable, ad-hoc earnings & deductions
  • Formula engine — percent-of-basic, gross-linked, flat or custom per component
  • Bonus frequencies: monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, annual

Proration & LOP

  • Mid-month joins, exits and revisions prorate per segment — partial months always correct
  • Loss-of-pay flows in from attendance and leave automatically
  • Exit settlements computed on the same engine — no side spreadsheet

Statutory, configurable

  • PF: wage ceiling toggle, VPF, EDLI, per-employee overrides
  • ESI auto-applied by wage threshold; PT by state band tables
  • TDS: old/new regime per employee, rebate, cess, surcharge, marginal relief
Outputs

Everything your CA, auditor and employees ask for

Payslips, 13 templates

Pick from a 13-template gallery; payslips generate as PDF each cycle, emailed and available in the employee app.

Statutory files

PF ECR + challan, bulk Add/KYC/Exit files, ESI returns, state-wise PT and TDS Form 24Q with challan export.

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Form 16, yearly

Employee income-tax certificates generated at year end — delivered to the app, not a mail-merge project.

Registers & audits

Form T muster roll, pay register, net-pay and gross-vs-net reconciliation registers — export-ready for inspections.

Built for Indian compliance

Never caught by a deadline again

Proactive compliance watches every statutory due date and pings you before it's due — not after a penalty.

Statutory outputs

  • PF ECR, challan & bulk KYC files (EPFO format)
  • ESI, Professional Tax & LWF, state-wise
  • TDS, Form 24Q & Form 16
  • Form T muster roll & reconciliation registers

Proactive alerts

  • Reminders before each due date
  • Live compliance score
  • Multi-state ready

AI co-pilot

  • "What's my PF liability?" in plain English
  • Grounded in your real data
  • Shows the maths
Intelligence built in

Payroll reports into Workforce Intelligence

Every module feeds Kredily's leadership cockpit — payroll included.

Cost, decoded

Payroll cost by department, cost per employee and month-over-month trend — computed from actual runs, not estimates.

Early warnings

Payroll cost growing faster than headcount? PAN gaps before a filing? You hear about it before it costs money.

Regime & tax view

Old-vs-new regime split and tax posture across the company. Explore the full cockpit in Workforce Intelligence.

FAQ

Payroll software questions, answered

Is Kredily's payroll software really free?
Yes. Kredily's Free Forever plan includes payroll, HRMS, attendance and leave for unlimited employees, free forever — no credit card and no per-seat minimum. Paid plans — Payroll OS (₹1,249/mo), Professional (₹1,749/mo) and Enterprise — add bank salary payouts, PF/ESI challans, Form 16, advanced attendance and automation.
Does it handle PF, ESI, PT and TDS for India?
Yes. Kredily computes PF, ESI, Professional Tax (state-wise) and TDS every cycle, and generates the PF ECR, challans, Form 24Q and Form 16 in the required formats.
How long does it take to set up?
Most teams are live the same day. The AI Setup Wizard reads your employee spreadsheet, auto-designs salary structures and configures statutory heads, so your first payroll is ready without an implementation project.
Can it generate the bank payment file?
Yes. After approval, Kredily produces a NEFT-ready bank advice file and branded payslips, which are delivered to employees through the mobile app automatically.
Does payroll connect to attendance and leave?
Yes. Attendance (including KredEYE face recognition) and leave feed directly into payroll, so loss-of-pay, overtime and arrears are always accurate without manual entry.
How are salary revisions and arrears handled?
Set a revision with a back-dated effective date and Kredily computes the arrears automatically in the next run. Mid-month joiners, exits and revisions prorate per segment, so partial months are always correct.
Can Kredily pay salaries directly to bank accounts?
Yes. Kredily disburses salaries directly through its ICICI Bank integration, and generates ready-to-upload bank advice files for other banks. Every transfer is tracked, and failed payouts can be reprocessed in a click. See the payout page for details.
Can I give employees loans or salary advances?
Yes. Kredily includes a loan module with a dedicated dashboard — sanction loans or advances, set the EMI, and recovery is deducted from salary automatically each cycle and shown on the payslip.
We have offices in multiple states — is that handled?
Yes. Professional Tax is computed per work location from state band tables, ESI applies by wage threshold wherever applicable, and compliance alerts track due dates across every state you operate in.
Can employees see their payslips and tax on mobile?
Yes. Payslips, salary structure, tax deductions and Form 16 are self-serve in the Kredily app (Android and iOS) — employees stop emailing HR for copies.

Run payroll free, today.

Set up in minutes. Free forever for unlimited employees. PF, ESI & TDS handled for you.